Film-Forward

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Based on a semi-autobiographical novel, a German Jewish family presciently flees the Nazis in 1933.

Dream Horse

Like its titular horse, this sports movie, starring Toni Collette, has a good amount of spirit.

The Dry

Eric Bana stars as a cop who returns to his dusty hometown to solve multiple murders, with red herrings aplenty.

Sequin in a Blue Room

A teenager’s life stops and starts relative to his sexual encounters in this intense film driven by the insatiability of his libido.

Nina Wu

The slow-burning psycho-thriller is a fascinating study of how the mind compartmentalizes trauma.

There Is No Evil

Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof views capital punishment from four different circumstances and artistic prisms in his anthology film.

The Perfect Candidate

An underdog tale that offers an expansive, wistful, and pragmatic look at contemporary Saudi Arabia.

The Killing of Two Lovers

Simplicity is key to why this simmering thriller works, both in its premise and cinematography.

RK/RKAY

The interplay between reality and illusion, namely that of a filmmaker and his invented characters, is the theme of this laid-back comedy.